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  1. Tax Ombudsman kicks off review into OSfA

    review into Online Services for Agents (OFsA), building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. The review into the ATO's registered agent phone line found that many of the issues raised by agents were linked to...

  2. Tax Office, Victorian police seize 18k cigarettes, $100k in cash

    Crossing, Victoria. In a joint statement with the Victorian Police, the Tax Office said search warrants were executed last week at the suspected properties in Melbourne as part of Operation Beach, which saw the destruction of illicit tobacco crops with...

  3. Tax Office warned on WRE heavy-handedness

    to “maintain a sense of balance” after a year of crackdown on work-related expenses, says a former ATO director. In July last year, the ATO released its first individuals not in business tax gap report, detailing an $8.7 billion gap which it contends is...

  4. Tax Office updates low-cost STP providers list

    single touch payroll solutions for micro-businesses. The Tax Office first published its initial list of suppliers late last year, with prominent software providers and a big four firm featuring. The solutions are required to be affordable, that is, cost...

  5. Tax Office to give further LRBA guidance

    it will be releasing in the second half of the year, ahead of the 2017 deadline for LRBAs to be on commercial terms. Late last month, the ATO extended the 30 June 2016 deadline for trustees looking to get their LRBAs on commercial terms to 31 January...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  6. Tax Office to consult on ‘future tax administration’ for small business

    forms part of the ATO’s broader program of work focused on helping small businesses meet their tax and super obligations. Last month, the ATO announced its ‘ready for business campaign’ that aims to improve compliance with tax, super, and registry...

  7. Tax office tipped to release new ruling

    Colonial First State executive manager Craig Day said that following the issue of a private binding ruling by the ATO last year, allowing the use of this strategy, it is likely the tax office will now be dealing with a large number of private binding...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Tax
  8. Tax office targets compliance costs

    reducing compliance costs for business by progressing several “key strategies” in the coming year. In a statement released last week, the ATO said it is committed to reducing compliance by “providing contemporary services and making it easier for people...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  9. Tax Office targeting DPNs at directors with high-value assets

    “One is to encourage disengaged taxpayers to deal with the ATO. So that's a taxpayers that haven't dealt with the ATO in the last three months or 100 days,” said Mudford. “They're using that game as a tool to basically reengage that client.” Another...

  10. Tax office sounds warning on pensions

    responded to confusion regarding the partial segregation of assets for pension purposes. Speaking at the CPA SMSF conference last week, the ATO’s Kasey MacFarlane, assistant commissioner, SMSF segment, superannuation, confirmed that SMSF trustees cannot...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax
  11. Tax Office reveals disqualified trustees register

    The register of disqualified trustees shows the names of individuals who were disqualified between October 2012 and December last year, with a breakdown of state or country and postcode. A link to a gazettal notice has also been provided for each...

  12. Tax office reveals all SMSF penalties for FY15

    handed out about 54 education directions and 27 rectification directions, Ms Simmons said. The powers, introduced in July last year, allow the tax office to impose administration penalties on trustees for certain SIS Act breaches. In addition, the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  13. Tax Office reveals adventurous, dubious claims ahead of tax time

    and has specifically placed work-related clothing and laundry claims on notice after a 20 per cent rise in claims over the last five years, with 6 million people claiming nearly $1.8 billion in laundry expenses last year. In a bid to showcase examples...

  14. Tax office releases new cryptocurrency updates

    that may arise through profits derived from cryptocurrency investment,” an ATO spokesperson told Accountants Daily late last month. The ATO will be using its existing and standard processes to address unexplained wealth and “conspicuous consumption”...

  15. Tax office provides clarification on LRBAs

    clarification from the ATO on whether two recent interpretive decisions will be applied retrospectively. In December last year, the ATO issued two interpretive decisions, ATO ID 2014/39 and ATO ID 2014/40, which confirmed that nil interest borrowing...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Tax
  16. Tax office issues warning on imminent rule change

    fund’s name within seven days of the SMSF acquiring it. Speaking at the SMSF Association’s national conference in Adelaide last week, the ATO’s Kasey Macfarlane said the commissioner is not going to be sympathetic to those who have not met the new...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee & Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax
  17. Tax Office issues reminder as lodgement deadline approaches

    is encouraging people to take advantage of potential refunds by lodging their return or engaging a tax agent by 31 October. Last year, around 475,000 taxpayers who completed their own return lodged late. Of these late lodgers, over 300,000 had been...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  18. Tax Office issues crucial scam warning for businesses

    consequences. The Tax Office said ATO impersonation email scam reports had increased by over 300 per cent from the same time last year, with more scam reports expected around tax time as scammers were aware this is when people would usually hear from...

  19. Tax Office issues 8,710 DPNs over unpaid super in 2023–24

    more than double the 3,660 DPNs issued in relation to unpaid super in 2022–23. The Tax Office issued a warning to businesses last month, outlining its new compliance approach to unpaid tax and super. "We are now focusing on businesses who refuse to...

  20. Tax Office insurance data haul to capture ‘ordinary’ taxpayers

    of catching wealthy tax cheats, but its wide net could mean ordinary taxpayers get caught too, warns an accounting network. Last week, the Tax Office announced it would request to receive a further five years’ worth of policy information from over 30...